Margaret St. John Meehan

Partner

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Overview

Margaret "Meg" St. John Meehan focuses her practice on providing estate planning services to high net worth individuals and their families. Her focal point is on minimizing gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer taxes, as well as adapting existing trusts to improve their income and estate tax efficiency and utility, structuring gifts, and implementing sophisticated tax planning strategies.

In addition to this, Meg provides counsel to principals in the private equity and hedge fund sectors, advising them on optimizing planning opportunities associated with carried interests. Furthermore, she advises family offices and their principals on a wide range of matters, including tax optimization, governance, structuring, and comprehensive planning solutions.

Meg also oversees all phases of estate administration, including probate, preparation of estate tax returns, and estate tax audits. Her practice extends to advising donors on planned giving and providing guidance to private foundations and public charities on formation, qualification, and governance matters.

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Education and Credentials

Education
Quinnipiac University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2011, Quinnipiac Probate Law Journal, Editor-in-Chief
Marist College, B.A., magna cum laude, 2006
Admissions
State of Connecticut
State of New York
Affiliations
Connecticut Bar Association, Estate and Probate Section, Executive Committee
Fairfield County Bar Association
New Haven Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section
Waterbury Bar Association

Recognition and Community

Recognition

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Selected to the list of Connecticut Super Lawyers Rising Stars (Thomson Reuters), Estate & Probate, 2019-2024

Quinnipiac University School of Law Academic Excellence Award, 2011

Quinnipiac University School of Law Outstanding Legal Scholarship Award, 2011

Quinnipiac University School of Law Service to the Law School Award, 2011

Community

Fairfield County's Community Foundation, Rising Professional Advisors Council